IDE Comparison

So it seems that some people want to know my opinions on different IDEs that I have tried in my quest to find a good upgrade path from Zend Studio 5.5  — as such, I have created a new page with an overview of my requirements, and a table comparing the various IDEs I have tried.

Check out the IDE Comparison

I plan to follow up the page with in-depth posts on each requirement and how each IDE matches up. Furthermore, any new IDEs I try will get a write-up on each of the requirements. Look for these in the coming weeks and months

- Davey

Update: surprisingly, it took over 2hrs to get an e-mail telling me that VIM was the perfect IDE; I expected it far sooner. VIM might be the perfect IDE for some, but not for me. Though I do use it daily as a text editor on remote systems and like it for that purpose. Also, it’s great for editing xdebug human-readable traces thanks to Derick Rethans vim syntax file.

4 Responses to “IDE Comparison”

1. laci says:

   March 15, 2009 at 10:49 am

   I’ve switched about 3 months ago to NetBeans from Zend Studio after trying both Komodo and Eclipse. I can say that i’m very happy with NetBeans and from the 4 IDE’s its the only one i would certainly recommend to anyone.
2. Robin says:

   March 16, 2009 at 3:07 am

   Good start!

   Looking at the same problem myself for over the past year now…
   We even share the same requirements Still, its hard… I havent found a fitting replacement for my aging ZDE 5.5 setup yet … Tried Netbeans, but it just doesnt quite cut it… (or i cant seem to find my missing features )

   PDT / ZDE 6 is by far too slow, heavy and overrrated (IMHO)

   in any case looking forward to your indepth review of the different IDE’s
3. Brad says:

   March 16, 2009 at 10:07 am

   I would recommend taking a look at the phpEclipse project and see how it stacks up with the others. There is an active community willing to work on your bugs/feedback. They also have support for xdebug and dbg, and of course you can use mylyn and any other eclipse plugins.

   http://www.phpeclipse.com/
   • Davey Shafik says:

     March 16, 2009 at 9:15 pm

     I mentioned phpEclipse, I dislike Eclipse and while it’s been a while, I was not impressed with phpEclipse when I tried it last. I will however try to review it also